This is feedback from the Beta out now, that I’m playing. It isn’t hate, it’s what I would like to be changed for the better.
- Audio
Announcer: Please don’t make the him talk too much, only keep him talking in emblems which actually are neccesary like in killing sprees, multikills and objective moments. Having him talk in every second emblem makes it very hard to hear the spartan chatter which I will get to after this. And please don’t make him talk too often. Ex. only make him say the name of the gametype, not tell a novel about it.
Spartan Chatter: Make it toggle-able. It’s hard for me and my friends to do proper callouts when our spartans yell out stuff along with the emblem announcer. Having it is really nice but it interups alot aswell. If it’s possible, make it optional to hear it through game sound or chat sound. Would be nice.
Notification Sounds: Some sounds like the on-hit pling sound should be removed or lowered in volume aswell as changed to a darker tone like Halo CE’s. Making it toggle-able would be a good option too. It disturbs Spartan Chatter and comes up way too often.
- Mechanics
Weapons: Either make the smart-link/smart-scope like binoculars which stay on like you said or remove them. They make weapons like the AR alot stronger and people rely on it way too much. And as you said in a vidoc, if they rely on it too much you’ve broken the game.
The AR should also have a small damage nerf. It’s way too strong compared to it’s older brothers and it doesn’t feel like an AR…
Movement: Bump up the normal walking speed and increase the ramp up time for the sprint. The ramp up time isn’t enough and allowes you to escape rather easily still. For those who don’t know, if you get shot during the ramp up time you stop sprinting. But since it’s so short it doesn’t really help much. The combination with the thruster pack and slow rampup time makes it too easy to escape.
Jump height should also be slightly increased. I feel too heavy and weak whenever I jump. It also forces me to use the clamber function which is crucial not to use whenever I enter a battle by jumping to it.
Ground Pound: It’s a nice feature but it shouldn’t be able to be usable if you’re in a restricted area. I’ve tried to do jumps which require clamber but can be easily done with crouch jumping and the Ground Pound cancles that option for me. It makes me stop mid air in and forces me to use clamber.
Hover: Please remove this, it’s toggle-able and that’s nice but it destroys for those who don’t know about it. It screws up your aim and makes you too easy of a target.
Quick-Scopinng/Bringing Your Weapon Back Up: It’s barely possible to do a proper quick-scope because it takes too long to bring your weapon into zoom let alone bring it back up after sprint. Please speed that up like in the old days.
- Visuals****Power Weapon Indicators: We didn’t like them in Halo 4, they remove map knowledge and they get shown at the start of a game anyway. If you want to keep them at least make them temporary (they dissapear after 5 seconds after that the weapon spawns) or make them like in Halo 2, only visible when in a surten range.
Brightness: Please add this option in because currently the game is rather dark and some players might like it darker or lighter. Personally I like it brighter.
So far this is all I have to come with. There is a bit more but I feel like they are som duh elements like being able to look at the carnage report in post-game lobbies or a counter for your reswapn.
I hope 343i takes a look at this and if anyone has something to say about this feel free to do so.
EDIT: Fixed some typos and spell correction.